Articles by Emmeline Ledgerwood
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Standing out or fitting in? Dressing for a parliamentary career in the twentieth century
Dr Emmeline Ledgerwood delves into the oral history archive to explore how 20th century politicians approached the issue of fashion.
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‘Neither fish, fowl nor good red herring’: Baroness Nicholson’s experiences of hearing loss
Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, born 1941, was the MP for Torridge and West Devon 1987?97. Elected as a…
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‘Helping the Disabled to Live to Capacity’: rediscovering Dr Margaret Agerholm through parliamentary history
Over the past few weeks UK Heritage institutions have been marking Disability History Month, and in today’s blog we hear…
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Women Speakers and Deputy Speakers
As we have seen in some of our previous blogs, the role of Speaker of the House has a long…
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Speaking about Animal Rights in the History of Parliament Oral History Project
As two animal welfare Bills progress through the stages of debate in Parliament, in our latest blog Emme Ledgerwood looks…
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Postwar MPs’ Memories of Summer Holidays
This year we’ve been looking into the holiday habits of parliamentarians throughout history. In our latest blog Emme Ledgerwood has…
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When every vote counted: what minority government in the 1970s meant for MPs
With Parliament back and Theresa May’s government trying to pass controversial legislation, Emmeline Ledgerwood, one of our oral history project…
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MPs’ memories of candidate selection
Today’s blogpost is from one of our Oral History Project interviewers, Emme Ledgerwood, who has used our archive to explore…